Kinetic & Potential Energy

__________ is stored energy. 

• Potential
• Kinetic
• None of the above 
• All of the above 

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The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 

• more
• less
• none of the above
• same

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What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic
• Both potential and kinetic energy
• none of the above

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What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• Potential
• Kinetic
• Both potential and kinetic energy
• none of the above

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What are the two factors that affect kinetic energy?

• time and energy
• power and mass
• mass and speed
• time and work

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Which of the following is an example of a change of kinetic energy into gravitational potential energy?

• a person parachuting out of a plane
• a car racing around an oval track
• a person skiing down a hill
• a person walking up a hill

Which is an example of potential energy?

• a roller coaster speeding down a hill
• the pulled back string on an archers's bow
• releasing the strings on a guitar
• an electric current lighting a light bulb

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In order to INCREASE the potential energy of an object, you need to:

• put the object lower to the ground

• raise the object higher

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At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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At which point is kinetic energy greatest? 

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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